Who is the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition?

Our mission is to reverse the trend of mass incarceration in Colorado. We are a coalition of nearly 7,000 individual members and over 100 faith and community organizations who have united to stop perpetual prison expansion in Colorado through policy and sentence reform.

Our chief areas of interest include drug policy reform, women in prison, racial injustice, the impact of incarceration on children and families, the problems associated with re-entry and stopping the practice of using private prisons in our state.

Tuesday, August 05, 2014

Hi
there!!! CCJRC was awarded a grant to attend and participate in a class
for Digital Storytelling for Nonprofits. We created a movie and now we
are in the running for a fabulous prize…

These are digital
stories that nonprofit organizations created as part of their
participation in Open Media Foundation's Digital Storytelling for
Nonprofits class.
Winning videos will be announced on Friday
August 8th at 7pm, during the live show 'SparqU Presents: The Perfect
Pitch for Nonprofits'". If you have already voted for this, thank you!!
Can
you go to the link below and vote for “Floorboards” ? Floorboards was
written about the story of a son’s experience of his mother’s
incarceration and their eventual reunion. This is a preview of the live performance that you will be able to see at the CCJRC "Voices for Justice" 6th Annual Fundraiser
Thank you so much!!!
(After you get to the Open Media website you have to click on the red
stars under the title until they turn yellow and the vote count actually
changes).

This
year, we are honoring Claire Levy for her invaluable contribution to
criminal justice reform. As House Representative, she carried a
significant number of bills vital to reducing recidivism, implementing
smarter sentencing and drug policy, expanding funding for treatment,
increasing alternatives to incarceration, and providing resources to
people with criminal convictions. Her work on the Commission on Criminal
and Juvenile Justice (CCJJ) was exemplary as is her current work as
Executive Director of the Colorado Center on Law and Policy.

CCJRC
has been successfully advocating for sensible criminal justice reform
in Colorado for more than a decade. We were founded in 1999 when Senator
Dorothy Rupert, in alliance with Representative Penfield Tate,
introduced legislation calling for a three-year halt on prison expansion
and the creation of a task force on sentencing reform. Today, CCJRC
includes more than 100 community organizations and faith communities and
nearly 6,500 individual members statewide. We have worked diligently
over the years to develop criminal justice policies and grassroots
campaigns that effectively promote public safety and rehabilitation
while reducing the prison population.

The Rupert Tate Game Changer Award honors
its two co-founders and their prescience in challenging the criminal
justice status quo in Colorado. It is a great honor to extend this award
to